DianeOrentlicher

Professor of Law

Diane Orentlicher, Professor of International Law at American University, has been described by the Washington Diplomat as “one of the world’s leading authorities on human rights law and war crimes tribunals.” She has lectured and published widely on issues of transitional justice, international criminal law and other areas of public international law, and has testified before the United States Senate and House on a range of issues relating to both domestic human rights laws and U.S. foreign policy. Professor Orentlicher has served in various public positions, including as the Deputy for War Crimes Issues in the U.S. Department of State (2009-2011); United Nations Independent Expert on Combating Impunity (on appointment by the UN Secretary-General) and Special Advisor to the High Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (on secondment from the U.S. Department of State).

Diane Orentlicher, The Future of Universal Jurisdiction in the New Architecture of Transnational Justice, in Universal Jurisdiction: National Courts and the Prosecution of Serious Crimes Under International Law, 214 (Stephen J. Macedo, ed., U. Pa. Press 2003).

Diane Orentlicher, Striking a Balance: Mixed Law Tribunals and Conflicts of Jurisdiction, in Justice For Crimes Against Humanity: International Law After Pinochet (Philippe Sands & Mark Lattimer, eds., Hart Press 2003).

Diane Orentlicher, Responsibilities of States Participating in Multilateral Operations with Respect to Persons Indicted for War Crimes, in Reigning in Impunity for International Crimes and serious Violations of Fundamental Human Rights: Proceeds of the Siracusa Conference, 17-21 September 1998, 14 Nouvelles Etudes Penales 193 (1998) (reprinted in Making Justice Work: The Report of the Century Foundation/Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on Apprehending Indicted War Ciminals, Century Foundation Press, 1998).

Diane Orentlicher, Citizenship and National Identity, in International Law and Ethnic Conflict (D. Wippman, ed., Cornell U. Press 1997).

Diane Orentlicher, The Regan Administration's Policy on Latin America, in President Reagan and the World (Greenwood Press 1997).

Diane Orentlicher, The United States Commiment to Human Rights, in Human Rights in the World Community (R. Claude & B. Weston, eds., U. Pa. Press 1992).

Diane Orentlicher, W. Zabel and D. Nachman, Human Rights and the Administration of Justice in Chile: A Report of a Delegation of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the International Bar Association, 42 Rec. of the Assn. of the B. of the City of New York 431 (1987).

Diane Orentlicher, The Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman Or Degrading of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the International Bar Association, 42 Rec. of the Assn. of the B. City of N.Y. 431 (1987).